We just got the first of the boxes that I mailed from Hamburg to California -- 16 days for it to travel, non-airmail, from the Hauptbahnhof post office to our doorstep here in Torrance. Less than we expected!
I'm glad that we only put clothes and books, and not anything delicate or breakable, inside each box, because this first package looks like it was drop-kicked by gorillas the entire way. The box no longer has any sharp corners or flat surfaces -- every square inch of it has been creased and crushed, and one seam is starting to split a little. Perhaps I should have chosen a higher class of service. Good thing that I was my usual overcautious self and wrapped almost the entire outside of the box in packing tape!
Posted by Kevin at August 9, 2004 05:32 PM